How to integrate Modem MCP with Claude Code

Manage your Modem directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns. You can do this in two different ways: Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Introduction

Manage your Modem directly from Claude Code with zero worries about OAuth hassles, API-breaking issues, or reliability and security concerns.

You can do this in two different ways:

  1. Via Composio Connect - Direct and easiest approach
  2. Via Composio SDK - Programmatic approach with more control

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Why use Composio?

  • Only one MCP URL to connect multiple apps with Claude Code with zero auth hassles.
  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

Connecting Modem to Claude Code using Composio

1. Add the Composio MCP to Claude

Terminal

2. Start Claude Code

bash
claude

3. Open your MCP list

bash
/mcp

4. Select Composio and click on Authenticate

Select Composio and click Authenticate

5. This will redirect you to the Composio OAuth page. Complete the flow by authorizing Composio and you're all set.

Composio OAuth authorization page
Composio authorization complete
Ask Claude to connect to your account and authenticate via the link

What is the Modem MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Modem MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Modem account. It provides structured and secure access to your customer conversation topics, people, companies, channels, and activity insights, so your agent can search topics, analyze engagement, manage customer records, review histories, and organize insights on your behalf.

  • Topic discovery and analysis: Have your agent search customer conversation topics by keywords or meaning, then review summaries, classifications, priorities, participants, message groups, and history.
  • People and company insights: Let the agent find people and companies, inspect their profiles and conversation activity, and see how engagement breaks down across sources.
  • Customer record management: Direct your agent to create or update people and companies, associate people with companies, and connect external records to the right profiles.
  • Channel and activity monitoring: Instruct your agent to review connected conversation channels, message counts, company activity trends, and source-level engagement.
  • Data cleanup and topic organization: Have your agent update topic priorities or archive states, inspect change histories, and merge duplicate topics, people, or companies when needed.

Connecting Modem via Composio SDK

Composio SDK is the underlying tech that powers Rube. It's a universal gateway that does everything Rube does but with much more programmatic control. You can programmatically generate an MCP URL with the app you need (here Modem) for even more tool search precision. It's secure and reliable.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step10 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Claude Pro, Max, or API billing enabled Anthropic account
  • Composio API Key
  • A Modem account
  • Basic knowledge of Python or TypeScript
2

Install Claude Code

bash
# macOS, Linux, WSL
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

# Windows PowerShell
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

# Windows CMD
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd && del install.cmd

To install Claude Code, use one of the following methods based on your operating system:

3

Set up Claude Code

bash
cd your-project-folder
claude

Open a terminal, go to your project folder, and start Claude Code:

  • Claude Code will open in your terminal
  • Follow the prompts to sign in with your Anthropic account
  • Complete the authentication flow
  • Once authenticated, you can start using Claude Code
Claude Code initial setup showing sign-in prompt
Claude Code terminal after successful login
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here

Create a .env file in your project root with the following variables:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates with Composio (get it from Composio dashboard)
  • USER_ID identifies the user for session management (use any unique identifier)
5

Install Composio library

npm install @composio/core dotenv

Install the Composio TypeScript library to create MCP sessions.

  • @composio/core provides the core Composio functionality
  • dotenv loads environment variables from your .env file
6

Generate Composio MCP URL

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;

if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
}

const composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['modem'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http modem-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Create a script to generate a Composio MCP URL for Modem. This URL will be used to connect Claude Code to Modem.

What's happening

  • We import the Composio client and load environment variables
  • Create a Composio instance with your API key
  • Call create() to create a Tool Router session for Modem
  • The returned mcp.url is the MCP server URL that Claude Code will use
  • The script prints this URL so you can copy it
7

Run the script and copy the MCP URL

node --loader ts-node/esm generate_mcp_url.ts
# or if using tsx
tsx generate_mcp_url.ts

Run your TypeScript script to generate the MCP URL.

  • The script connects to Composio and creates a Tool Router session
  • It prints the MCP URL and the exact command you need to run
  • Copy the entire claude mcp add command from the output
8

Add Modem MCP to Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http modem-composio "YOUR_MCP_URL_HERE" --headers "X-API-Key:YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY"

# Then restart Claude Code
exit
claude

In your terminal, add the MCP server using the command from the previous step. The command format is:

  • claude mcp add registers a new MCP server with Claude Code
  • --transport http specifies that this is an HTTP-based MCP server
  • The server name (modem-composio) is how you'll reference it
  • The URL points to your Composio Tool Router session
  • --headers includes your Composio API key for authentication

After running the command, close the current Claude Code session and start a new one for the changes to take effect.

9

Verify the installation

bash
claude mcp list

Check that your Modem MCP server is properly configured.

  • This command lists all MCP servers registered with Claude Code
  • You should see your modem-composio entry in the list
  • This confirms that Claude Code can now access Modem tools

If everything is wired up, you should see your modem-composio entry listed:

Claude Code MCP list showing the toolkit MCP server
10

Authenticate Modem

The first time you try to use Modem tools, you'll be prompted to authenticate.

  • Claude Code will detect that you need to authenticate with Modem
  • It will show you an authentication link
  • Open the link in your browser (or copy/paste it)
  • Complete the Modem authorization flow
  • Return to the terminal and start using Modem through Claude Code

Once authenticated, you can ask Claude Code to perform Modem operations in natural language. For example:

  • "Summarize top customer conversation topics"
  • "Find companies mentioning pricing issues"
  • "List people linked to churn risks"

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Modem and Claude Code:

import 'dotenv/config';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const { COMPOSIO_API_KEY, USER_ID } = process.env;

if (!COMPOSIO_API_KEY || !USER_ID) {
  throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID required in .env');
}

const composioClient = new Composio({ apiKey: COMPOSIO_API_KEY });

const composioSession = await composioClient.create(USER_ID, {
  toolkits: ['modem'],
});

const composioMcpUrl = composioSession?.mcp.url;

console.log(`MCP URL: ${composioMcpUrl}`);
console.log(`\nUse this command to add to Claude Code:`);
console.log(`claude mcp add --transport http modem-composio "${composioMcpUrl}" --headers "X-API-Key:${COMPOSIO_API_KEY}"`);

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Modem with Claude Code using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Modem directly from your terminal using natural language commands.

Key features of this setup:

  • Terminal-native experience without switching contexts
  • Natural language commands for Modem operations
  • Secure authentication through Composio's managed MCP
  • Tool Router for dynamic tool discovery and execution

Next steps:

  • Try asking Claude Code to perform various Modem operations
  • Add more toolkits to your Tool Router session for multi-app workflows
  • Integrate this setup into your development workflow for increased productivity

You can extend this by adding more toolkits, implementing custom workflows, or building automation scripts that leverage Claude Code's capabilities.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Modem action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add People to Company

Associate one or more existing people with an existing company.

Create Companies

Create one to 50 companies in one batch.

Create People

Create one to 50 people in one batch.

Get Channel

Get one channel's source details, connection state, context, timestamps, and message count by UUID.

Get Company

Get one company's core details, connection values, domain, logo, and VIP status by decimal ID.

Get Company Activity

Get one company's message count, weekly activity series, and source-level message breakdown.

Get Company History

Get up to 50 company audit records plus merge history.

Get Company Identities

Get external platform identities linked to one company by Modem's identify operation.

Get Current Organization

Return the organization selected by the connected API key.

Get Person

Get one person's complete profile, including company, connections, tags, sources, timestamps, identities, and message activity aggregates.

Get Person History

Get up to 50 person audit records plus merge history.

Get Person Identities

Get all external platform identities linked to one person.

Get Person Source Stats

Get one person's message counts broken down by source platform.

Get Topic

Get one topic's complete details, including its summary, classification, lifecycle, priority, keywords, time range, archive state, and event count.

Get Topic Groups

Get every message group assigned to one topic in ascending or descending group-time order.

Get Topic History

Get up to 50 topic audit records plus action and merge history.

Get Topic People

Get every unique person who participated in one topic, including source identities, company, profile, VIP state, and contribution count.

Identify External Records

Upsert links from external platform records to Modem people and companies in batches of 50.

List Channels

List organization channels with connection state and message counts, optionally filtered by source, name, or channel IDs.

List Companies

List companies with person and message aggregates, optionally searching and sorting the result.

List Groups

List message groups for exactly one company or one person, returning compact message content and topic context one page at a time.

List People

List people with aggregated message statistics, optionally filtering by search text, ecosystem tags, or company and sorting the result.

List and Search Topics

List or search topics by keywords or semantic meaning with organization, participant, source, status, date, and classification filters, one page at a time.

Merge Companies Irreversibly

Irreversibly merge one or more source companies into one surviving target.

Merge People Irreversibly

Irreversibly merge one or more source people into one surviving target.

Merge Topics Irreversibly

Irreversibly merge 1 to 50 source topics into one surviving target.

Update Companies

Update one to 50 companies in one batch.

Update People

Update one to 50 people in one batch.

Update Topic

Update one topic's priority, lifecycle, issue type, complete keyword list, or archive state.

Update Topics

Set priority or archive state for one to 100 topics at once.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Modem MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Modem tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Modem and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Code fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Modem tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Modem scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Modem data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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